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11-letter words containing n, a, l, c

  • cottontails — Plural form of cottontail.
  • council tax — In Britain, council tax is a tax that you pay to your local authority in order to pay for local services such as schools, libraries, and rubbish collection. The amount of council tax that you pay depends on the value of the house or flat where you live.
  • counterplan — an opposing plan
  • counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
  • counterplea — a reply to a plea
  • counterseal — a smaller seal on the reverse of the main seal
  • countervail — to act or act against with equal power or force
  • cowansville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
  • crab nebula — the expanding remnant of the supernova observed in 1054 ad, lying in the constellation Taurus at an approximate distance of 6500 light years
  • cracklingly — With a crackling sound.
  • craftsmanly — Befitting a craftsman.
  • cranesbills — Plural form of cranesbill.
  • crankhandle — a handle for starting a motor
  • credentials — Someone's credentials are their previous achievements, training, and general background, which indicate that they are qualified to do something.
  • crenelation — Alternative form of crenellation.
  • crenellated — In a castle, a crenellated wall has gaps in the top or openings through which to fire at attackers.
  • crenulation — any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure
  • crestfallen — If you look crestfallen, you look sad and disappointed about something.
  • cretan bull — a savage bull, captured on Crete by Hercules and allowed to roam near Marathon in Greece until captured by Theseus.
  • criminalese — the jargon of criminals
  • criminalise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of criminalize.
  • criminalist — a person who collects and analyses forensic evidence from the scene of a crime
  • criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
  • criminalize — If a government criminalizes an action or person, it officially declares that the action or the person's behaviour is illegal.
  • crocodilian — any large predatory reptile of the order Crocodilia, which includes the crocodiles, alligators, and caymans. They live in or near water and have a long broad snout, powerful jaws, a four-chambered heart, and socketed teeth
  • cromwellian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the politics, practices, etc., of Oliver Cromwell or of the Commonwealth and Protectorate.
  • cross-nodal — having to do with interaction between the senses
  • crown glass — an old form of window glass made by blowing a globe and spinning it until it formed a flat disc
  • crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
  • culminating — final; decisive
  • culmination — Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
  • culminative — (of stress or tone accent) serving to indicate the number of independent words or the important points in an utterance by assigning prominence to one syllable in each word or close-knit group of words.
  • cultivating — Present participle of cultivate.
  • cultivation — the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
  • cumbernauld — a town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire, northeast of Glasgow: developed as a new town since 1956. Pop: 49 664 (2001)
  • cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
  • curableness — The quality or state of being curable.
  • curtailment — The curtailment of something is the act of reducing or limiting it.
  • curtainless — without a curtain or curtains
  • curtainwall — Storm shutters or other removable protection for all windows and doors in a residence or building against the effects of high winds, rain and flying objects during a hurricane. They can be made of a variety of materials such as aluminum panels, iron or even wood.
  • curvilineal — (Of a line) Having bends; curved; curvilinear.
  • curvilinear — consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a curved line
  • cut a melon — to declare an abnormally high dividend to shareholders
  • cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
  • cyclazocine — an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin
  • cyclization — the process by which the atoms of a compound become a closed ring
  • cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
  • cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
  • cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
  • cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
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